7,123 stories by "Arts Review"
Who is David Walliams? David Walliams is a comedian, actor and author who continues to take the children's literary world by storm. What would you do differently to what you do now? If I was…
Award-winning author and playwright Michelle Law's sassy, fierce and and very funny incisive new comedy, Single Asian Female, will have its Melbourne premiere at Arts Centre Melbourne's Fair…
Hannah Gadsby's new show, Douglas, is not earth-shattering the way Nanette was; but then, nothing could be. Many of us watched with fascination as Gadsby's tenth solo show, Nanette, took her…
Fifty years ago this year, eminent Australian art collector and patron John Kaldor invited French artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Australia to wrap two-and-a-half kilometres of coast at…
In the lead-up to the 2019 federal election, Regional Arts Australia has launched its new campaign " VOTE 1 REGIONAL ARTS " calling for an increase to the Regional Arts Fund (RAF). The RAF i…
Currently playing to packed houses and rave reviews at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne, Global Creatures' production of Muriel's Wedding The Musical will head to Brisbane's Lyric Theatre …
Winner of 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical and the 2018 Grammy Award, Dear Evan Hansen will make its Australian Premiere at the New Docklands Theatre in Melbourne in November 2019. With …
Who is Thomas Gorham? Thomas Gorham is one of the leading figures in the explosion of small company circus in Australia. He is one half of the duo behind Head First Acrobats, sharing the bra…
Australia's largest and longest-standing celebration of contemporary dance, Dance Massive, closed in Melbourne last weekend with its highest ever box office sales and audience attendance. Th…
Featuring more than 150 treasures from London's revered National Portrait Gallery, many of which have never before been seen outside the United Kingdom, Bendigo Art Gallery presents Tudors t…
Darlinghurst Theatre Company has announced the cast of the long-awaited Sydney premiere of Once " to be staged at the Eternity Playhouse for a limited season from 26 June, before playing the…
Incredible as it may seem, the end of March marks 20 years since the release of the first film in the Matrix franchise directed by The Wachowski siblings. This "cyberpunk" sci-fi movie was a…
The Andrews Labor Government is calling for Victorians working in all creative sectors to help shape the next four-year strategy to grow local creative industries and continue to build our r…
Who is Neil Triffett? Neil Triffett is a writer, filmmaker and musical comedian, who goes out looking for the things that don't quite make sense in our world. What would you do differently t…
Known as the man who made sculpture move, Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was one of the most influential and pioneering figures of modern art in the 20th century. Revered for his ingenuity, in…
Melbourne Youth Orchestra returns to the Melbourne Recital Centre on Sunday 7 April with Death and Transfiguration "Â a moving program of works meditating on love, death and resurrection, …
A story of love and revolution that inspired a nation, Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) A New Musical will be presented at Parramatta's Riverside Theatres from 29 March " 6 April 2019. The mus…
The Australian Performing Arts Collection is proud to share its latest acquisition, the Australian Gypsy Cloak, which connects theatre traditions and the sense of community within the Austra…
The iconic Adelaide Fringe poster competition is back, with event organisers on the hunt for an eye-catching design to celebrate 60 years of the world's second largest Fringe festival. Creat…
After four incredibly successful years at the helm, Artistic Director Sam Strong will leave Queensland Theatre in November, after achieving artistic and ticketing records and transforming th…
Network 10 and Screen Australia have launched OUT HERE " an initiative that gives Australians the opportunity to produce a documentary focused on LGBTQI+ diversity in rural and regional comm…
Who is Mojo Juju? Mojo Juju is Mojo Ruiz de Luzuriaga and to be honest, it really is my brother Steve as well. He has been my longest running collaborator and most consistent band member of …
TEG Life Like Company has announced they have cast musical icon Debra Byrne in the role of the Beggar Woman; one of Australia's most diversely talented entertainers, Michael Falzon as Pirell…
Boasting a record-breaking line-up of 616 shows in over 100 venues and totaling more than 7,700 performances across 26-days, the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) has kicke…
It's an odd thing, walking into a show you're certain is a burlesque-y irreverent reimagining of David Lean's 1945 film, Brief Encounter. That'll teach me for only reading the first and last…
